Bradley schedule for 2013-2014

[tornado]

we will play at Illinois on Nov. 17
then at Arizona State on Nov. 22

[Da Coach]

The schedule is not up yet, but here is the link where it will soon be posted-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=3400&SPID=1498&SPSID=19332

[Bobby Parker]

You can see the dates in this article: http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArt...CLID=208109161

I'll actually plug them into the schedule module in the morning. Playing the supportive father today in Normal.

[Da Coach]

Portland and Pacific are the 2 teams Bradley will face in Las Vegas on Dec. 20, and 21, plus a road game at Milwaukee is also added to the non-conference schedule.

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=208109161&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Da Coach]

Here are the teams we will play next year along with last year's RPIs. The addition of Pacific is a slight improvement, but Milwaukee (dead last in the Horizon) and Portland (last in the WCC) don't do anything to help our overall SOS. This will be the first season Bradley has ever played 5 teams with a previous year's RPI over 300.
Nov. 8 ALABAMA STATE............327
Nov. 10 JACKSONVILLE STATE......147
Nov. 12 CENTRAL MICHIGAN.........260
Nov. 15 CHICAGO STATE.............321
Nov. 17 at Illinois.......................40
Nov. 22 at Arizona State.............89
Nov. 30 UTPA............................304
Dec. 4 IUPUI...........................329
Dec. 7 at Milwaukee.................307
Dec. 20 vs. Portland(Las Vegas)..232
Dec. 21 vs. Pacific (Las Vegas)....97
Dec. 28 SOUTH FLORIDA............150

[Big Mike]

Reynolds:Bradley mens schedule...

http://www.pjstar.com/bradleyhoops/x1039452528/Bradley-basketball-to-play-road-games-at-Illinois-and-Arizona-State

[Chico]

What a pathetic home schedule. All I can say is we better not lose to any of these 300 RPI teams.

[bradbasketball44]

^ I agree, I see 9 to 10 wins on this schedule

[Da Coach]

Reynolds:Bradley mens schedule...
http://www.pjstar.com/bradleyhoops/x...-Arizona-State

Dave's article says-
ASU returns four starters from an NIT team that finished 22-13, including the Pac-12 co-Freshman of the Year Jahii Carson.

That is incorrect- they lost 2 starters from last year's team- Senior Carrick Felix graduated, and Evan Gordon, who also graduated, left ASU with 1 year of eligibility remaining and transferred to Indiana. They also lost part-time starter Chris Colvin..

[Old Coach]

I have 9-3 or 8-4 (depending on the USF game).

[tornado]

I have 9-3 or 8-4 (depending on the USF game).

the USF game maybe just got a tiny bit easier....
a USF player Shaun Noriega - who missed most of 2012-13 with injury - but prior to that was a part time starter at PG and
who was also their best 3-point shooter (41.3% in Big East games) - would have been in line to potentially be their starting PG this coming year...

BUT - he just left and is transferring elsewhere

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/05/report-former-usf-guard-shaun-noriega-headed-to-ut-pan-american/

Last year when USF played Bradley on 11/20/12 - Noriega started, had a fine game,
went 6-9, including 2-4 from 3-pt range, and had 14 pts & 4 assists

[Chico]

What a ridiculous headline in the pjs today. Always thought sizzling meant hot. This is a home schedule that rivals the 70's for weakness.

[Bradleyfan1]

We NIT bound!

[LongTimeFan]

The article mentions the two Vegas games are at southpoint. Is that the Southpoint Hotel and Casino? I must assume it is somewhere else.

[Da Coach]

The article mentions the two Vegas games are at southpoint. Is that the Southpoint Hotel and Casino? I must assume it is somewhere else.

Dave said the games are in Las Vegas at "Southpoint", but he must have meant the South Point Hotel and Casino, a hotel/casino south of Las Vegas in Enterprise, Nevada. It is about 5 miles south of the Las Vegas airport. It is where the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon has been hosted since 2006.

http://www.southpointcasino.com/entertainment/index.php

They have a 4,400 seat equestrian center that would be where the games would be played.

http://www.southpointarena.com/

Here is a YouTube video of the facility-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K55TE0scl6Y

From the pictures posted at that link, the equestrian arena is very large, and obviously not designed for a basketball venue. The floor of the equestrian arena is 250 feet by 125 feet, more than enough space to easily fit 4 basketball floors (94' x 50') onto the floor of that arena.
Depending on how the basketball court is laid out, the seating looks like it would be well away from the basketball floor and not optimal for watching a basketball game, imo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Point_Hotel,_Casino_%26_Spa

Here is a picture of what the layout might look like for a basketball game-


Though it looks like they have hosted water skiing and jet ski events, as well as a lot of equestrian, rodeo, and motorcycle and BMX events.-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVMZCUQhDp4